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The most significant change is the deflation of the separatist bubble. The cooling of extremism resulted partly from the passage of provincial laws making French Quebec's official language and assuring French speakers that they would not be treated as second-class citizens. More important, probably, was the realization that...
Julie Christie, Gerard Depardieu, Beatrice Dalle and a gaggle of horny Quebecois enliven four foreign-language films.
Across town, at the election-night headquarters of the Parti Quebecois, which had swept to power in 1976 vowing to withdraw the predominantly French- speaking province from the Canadian confederation, incumbent Premier Pierre- Marc Johnson, 39, conceded the election. "The people of Quebec have spoken," he declared. "They wanted a...
Ever since politically beleaguered Rene Levesque, 63, announced last June that he would resign both as Quebec's premier and leader of the ruling Parti Quebecois, provincial Justice Minister Pierre-Marc Johnson, 39, has been the front runner to succeed him. Last week, in a provincewide party election, Johnson won...
He was known as the man who tried to break the French-speaking province of Quebec away from the rest of Canada. But over the years the idea of separation had soured among Quebec's voters, and last November, Premier Rene Levesque persuaded his ruling Parti Quebecois to shelve the...